Publishing Terms

These terms apply specifically to soul documents you publish on SoulSoul.live. By publishing, you agree to the following in addition to the general Terms of Use.

1. Ownership

You retain ownership of original soul documents you create and publish. SoulSoul does not claim ownership of your content. However, by publishing, you grant the Platform the licenses described below.

2. Platform License

By publishing a soul document, you grant SoulSoul a non-exclusive, worldwide, royalty-free license to:

• Display and distribute your soul document on the Platform (Hub, Build workspace, leaderboard, search results)
• Enable derivative works by other users via the Build/Merge feature — other users may blend your soul with others to create new personas
• Use for analytics — aggregate your soul document’s metadata (views, stars, merges, category, tags) for Platform-wide statistics and trending algorithms
• Use for academic research — include your soul document in anonymized datasets used for non-commercial academic research on AI persona design, prompt engineering, and agent behavior. Research publications will not identify individual authors without explicit consent.

This license persists even if you later delete your account, but only for content that has been starred, merged, or forked by other users. If your soul has no interactions, deletion of your account will remove it completely.

3. Community License

Published soul documents are available to all Platform users under the following terms:

• Personal use: Any user may use a published soul to configure their own AI agents
• Remixing: Users may merge your soul with other souls via the Build tool, creating derivative personas
• Attribution: The Platform will display your username as the author. Users who create derivatives are not required to credit individual source souls, but the merge history is publicly visible.
• Non-commercial: Users may not sell your soul document or include it in paid products without your separate written consent

4. Content Derived from Third-Party Sources

If you generate a soul document from a wiki page or other external source using the Platform’s URL-to-soul feature:

• The generated soul is a behavioral abstraction, not a copy of the source material. It extracts personality traits, decision patterns, and interaction style — not plot summaries, copyrighted text, or artwork.
• You are responsible for ensuring the source material does not contain content that would violate these terms or third-party rights when abstracted into a persona.
• Souls generated from fan wikis for fictional characters represent behavioral interpretations and are treated as creative commentary, not reproductions of copyrighted works.

5. Prohibited Content

You may not publish soul documents that:

• Impersonate real living individuals in a manner that could cause harm or confusion
• Promote violence, hate speech, or illegal activity
• Contain personally identifiable information
• Are designed to bypass AI safety measures or jailbreak agent systems
• Contain sexually explicit content involving minors

6. Takedown

We may remove published souls that violate these terms. If you believe your intellectual property has been infringed, contact us with details and we will review promptly.

7. Data Usage for Research

By publishing, you consent to the following research uses of your published soul document:

• Inclusion in anonymized datasets studying AI persona design patterns
• Analysis of soul document structure, common behavioral traits, and category trends
• Academic publications about prompt engineering, agent identity, and human-AI interaction

Your username will not be linked to research data without explicit consent. If you wish to opt out of research inclusion, contact us.

8. Contact

Publishing questions: slhleosun@uchicago.edu